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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

July Rudolph Days

Hi everyone. I'm playing along with Rudolph Days run by the lovely Maureeen (Scrappimo!). The challenge runs every month from the 25th to end of month and it's always Anything Goes Christmas. It's great to make Christmas cards throughout the year. :)

The card above is several techniques and has an artsy look.

I started by stenciling with Brushos, following the technique in my video. This time I changed it up slightly by quickly sprinkling a little bit of kosher salt over my piece before I removed the stencil. And I didn't blot with paper towel, so the colours dried very vibrant. I let it air dry so that the salt could do it's thing. :) It absorbs some of the pigment and creates these little bursts of colour. It's very subtle on the card above, but if you look closely you can see the design left by the salt in the blue ink.

Here's a close-up.

To finish the card, I took a silver metallic pen doodled around the outline of the image. Then I heat embossed a sentiment in silver to match.

This Christmas card has a very dramatic feel due to the vibrant blues and depth of colour that you obtained here. The white snowflake pops off the page!Thanks for playing along in the July Rudolph Days Challenge

That background colour is amazing Loll . . . so vibrant! I thought at first, it was a alcohol piece, it is that vibrant! Love the effect of the salt and what a great idea, to trace around the snowflake with the silver pen . . . inspired! Have a lovely week my friend! Love & Hugs. Hazel xxMy Card Attic

I love all the elements on this card, and how you've kept it so beautifully CAS! That sea salt technique is wonderful, and I just might have to give this a shot!! Most amazing of all, to me, is how you so perfectly outlined the snowflake... I can't tell you the number of nearly finished cards I've ruined trying this, lol! The outlining adds another dimension, and it's beautiful. Great Christmas card!! Bev